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Show 1 jjlij Veto York Symphony: Silhouettes in the Night: Fannie Hurst and her pup in the Park at the crack of yawn. . . . Tony Eden, the diplomat, checking his luggage at LaGuardia Airport. . . . Frank Thinatra devouring a meal (at Howie's) that would fill two heavyweights. heavy-weights. . . . George Raft among the other Sardines at Sardi's. . . . Andy Russell and the Ritz (Raff) Bros, dining at Olin's. . . . Ann Sheridan (and her feller) at the Riviera Riv-iera ringside. . . . B. Baruch (the United Statesman) quitting his Central Cen-tral Park bench to amuse the tots at the playground. . . . Meeshaaa Auer thrilled about being cast for the radio version of "Tovarich." . . . Mrs. John Mason Brown (wife of the critic) looking refreshing despite de-spite the whewmidity. . . . Mrs. Wendell Willkie at the Blue Angel. . . The man who makes you pause and say: "Oooh, there's Mr. Molo-tov!" Molo-tov!" He is Bill McKamy, executive execu-tive at the J. Walter Thompson agency. Memos of a Midnlghtor: Her ex-husband says Rita Hayworth isn't at all proud about the Atomb being named for her and her film, "Gilda," one of the best press agent tie-ups (we thawt) In history. He says it wasn't any tie-up that they really adore Rita and so christened it after her. He wished, however, their child, Rebecca, could one day say: "My mother's name was on the very last atomic bomb!" Midtown Vignette: It happened in the Krots Bulc the other night. Our reporter was none other than the boss hisself, Shoim Billingsberg. . . , I He was touched by the episode. . . . An army officer asked that barkeeper bar-keeper Tony Butrico Join him at his table for a drink. "We served 1 together overseas," said the officer. . . . He reminisced long with Tony and then insisted on having a photo ! taken of their meeting. . . . The of- j fleer made a terrific hit with the stall and patrons by this demon- i stration of democracy and being a j nice guy. . . . His name (and mark it down high on your list) is General Gen-eral H. F. Kramer. Sounds in the Dark: At the China Doll: "She knows all the answers. ! It's the questions that confuse her." j . . . At the Mermaid Room: "He's lost weight, but he was once the biggest jerk in town." ... At Monte's on the Park: "She has the lead in his next flop." ... At Leon j & Eddies: "She's saving her husband's hus-band's money for a Reno day." . . . At Chandler's: "Now that there's no OPA people should be reminded that a fool and his money are soon worthless." Lois Thrasher, a Chicago news-gal, news-gal, belongs in any column about newspaper heroes. ... Not too long ago the wife of a gov't official was slain in a Chicago hotel and Lois took a job there as a chambermaid to check the movements of a suspect. sus-pect. . . . After maneuvering to be assigned to the floor where the suspect sus-pect lived, Lois inspected his suite with no luck. ... In addition she had to scrub a dozen bathrooms on hands and knees! Jackie Kelk witnessed a woman trying to navigate In a traffic jam. She rammed the car in front of her, then tried to back up and knocked down a pedestrian. Then she tried to move over to the curb and smacked into a hydrant. A gendarme rushed up. "O.K., lady," he demanded, 'let s see your license." "Don't be silly," she grunted. Who d give MR a license?" When Frank Ward O'Malley (one 3f the craft's greatest) was on the Mew York newspapers they could always be counted on to give you your two cents worth. . . . Frank Jnce had a city editor (of the old school) who made him rewrite his :opy at least once no matter how lood It was. ... To even matters ith him, O'Malley (who was doing m article on the origin of the Su-Teme Su-Teme Court) dug up a piece the :lty editor had written on the sublet sub-let years before. . . . O'Malley :opied it word for word and then landed it in The editor glared ?ad and barked: "I could do a getter job than this when I was in he newspaper business six nonths!" "That's funny." jibed Frank You wrote this junk when you were n the business six years!" Judy Canova knows the laziest elevision performer in the country A comedian who just holds up his oke book before the camera Morton Thompson's new book ' How to Be a Civilian," revives Se Z H:l:Gl- " his flrst to-mat. to-mat. He kept putting nickels in slots and carrying the food back s ble repeating the trick for 15 n notes. The food was a foot high all over the table. A fascinated civilian asked him: Haven t you enough food' You'll jew eat all that, why dt "What!" exclaimed the GI Q"'t when fm winning?" " |